Winning Words 11/28/11
“People don’t notice if it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.” (Anton Checkhov) One of Checkhov’s short stories is about Love. This quote may have come from that work. Perhaps you’ve noticed, or had first-hand experience, that people in love aren’t really concerned about the weather. “Oh, the weather outside is frightful…but as long as you love me so, let it snow, let it snow.” ;-) Jack

FROM RS IN MICHIGAN: Yep! Let it snow! I am so lucky in so many ways.////FROM JACK: "Lucky" people, like you, can sing this song: "In all kinds of weather...Just as long as we're together...We'll travel along Singing a song Side by side."

FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY: Okay, I may be deeply in love but when I walk out the door in the middle of winter, I know it's cold! I guess that comes from living in Michigan. The coldest temperature I have been in was on the AuSable River in Grayling at my parent's house....it was 42 degrees below zero!////FROM JACK: Was that Grayling thermometer in the outhouse?////OUTHOUSE FOLLOW UP: Nope, unfortunately, that had been removed years and years ago. The thermometer was on my parent's deck. An aside story about the outhouse though...family lore told of a bunch of money and guns which were buried near the corner of the outhouse by the large barn. For years everyone searched for the "treasure". My dad even had the forenic State Police lab from Grayling with their special equipment do some checking but to no avail. We figure it was wrapped in oilcloth as the story went but we had never found anything. We were more interested in the historic items but they were never found.

FROM YOOPER FLICKA: SUPER. ////FROM JACK: Have you had one of those super U.P. snowstorms yet?

FROM PLAIN FOLKS CHESTER: We will be happy, Whether or not.////FROM JACK: So, now you're a happy whetherman.

FROM BLAZING OAKS: I would say you " notice" winter or summer, even when happy, but you don't "mind" what season it is...it is not paramount. It seems most happy people are able to see the humor in almost any situation. "Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never ceased to be amused!: :-) ////FROM JACK: Sledding (or skiing) in the winter can be some of the happiest times. Playing in the water or sunning yourself in the summer can be some of the happiest times, too.

FROM CA IN MICHIGAN: Your words are perfectly timed since snow is predicted today. Hopefully we feel loved - and blessed.////FROM JACK: At least, I'm not shoveling the rain today.